Phase transformations and melting effects during the sintering of bismuth-doped zinc oxide powders

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2113-2126

  Peigney, Alain ^a,b   Rousset, Abel ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; BISMUTH; DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; QUENCHING; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SINTERING; VARISTORS; ZINC OXIDE;

BISMUTH DISTRIBUTION; BISMUTH OXIDE; LIQUID PHASE SINTERING; THERMAL PHENOMENA;

CERAMIC PRODUCTS;

EID: 0030214073     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1996.tb08945.x     Document Type: Article

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